Friday, March 1, 2013

Negligence (Lat. negligentia, literally
"not to pick up something") is a failure to exercise the care that a
reasonably prudent person would exercise in like circumstances. It could include acts of both commission and
omission – that of people not exercising reasonable care that is expected to
think of the potential harm that they might foreseeably cause harm to other
people.

India perceivably has no drinking
culture and is more of a habit introduced by its colonial rulers. One such drink is ‘whisky’, a distilled
alcoholic beverage, distilled from fermented molasses. Alcoholism is prevalent,
perhaps more of arrack and less of whisky. Understand that some of the best varieties are
: Officer's Choice, McDowell's No.1, Bagpiper, Royal Stag, McDowell's No.1, Old
Tavern, Teachers and Original Choice.
The finest is stated to be scotch whisky, whose value is steadily rising. This
certainly is no post on ‘which whisky is good, which one sells most or the
price of the brands’ [again Yours Truly is not qualified to comment on any of
these !]

Dumbarton meaning "fort of the Britons", is a
town in Scotland.
The town lies on the north bank of the River Clydewhere the River Leven flows
into the Clyde estuary. Dumbarton functioned
as the capital of the ancient Kingdom; and has emerged from the 19th century as
a centre for shipbuilding, glassmaking, and whisky production.

Sewerage, waste water and sometimes rain water flows in
the drain, for they are constructed for that………. ~ there is news that quality
whisky flowed in the drain of Dumbarton, making it the news. The cause – ‘negligence of workers’. Newspaper reports suggest that bungling
workers flushed thousands of litres of whisky down the drain at a bottling
plant by accident. Staff are thought to have dumped the spirit by mistake
during a night shift while they cleaned equipment. Instead of emptying out
waste water, they chucked out the whisky. The boozy smell was so strong that
sewage workers reported the odour. Scottish Water is quoted as stating: “We are
continuing to closely monitor our Dumbarton waste water treatment works to
ensure that the treatment has not been compromised.”

It reportedly occurred at Chivas Brothers, manufacturer of
qualify whisky. The West Dunbartonshire plant
employs 600 workers and produces Ballantine’s, the world’s second
biggest-selling brand of whisky. Chivas Regal is a blended Scotch whisky
produced by Chivas Brothers, owned by Pernod Ricard. Chivas Brothers was first established
in 1801. It is the market-leading Scotch whisky aged 12 years and above in Europe and Asia Pacific.

Their regal lines include : Chivas Regal 12 Year Old:
Blended from whiskies matured for at least 12 years; Chivas Regal 18 Year Old
and Chivas Regal 25 Year Old. From a
grocery store in Aberdeen
in 1801 to its present day status the Company has transformed a lot. In the early 1900s, Chivas Brothers decided to
create their most aged blended Scotch whisky to export to the U.S, where the
booming economy after the turn of the century was fueling demand for luxury
goods. The whisky was named Chivas Regal.

It is at their plant in Dumbarton that
thousands of litres of fine whisky was reportedly flushed down the drain.
Instead of draining away waste water, the workers on duty somehow flushed out
thousands of litres of bulk whisky. One
of my friends remarked that it would make a whole lot of difference, if it had
been accidentally mixed to the water tank rather than the drain………..

Here is malt flowing mixed with running
water… after a road accident to truck carrying malt in gunny bags…….. and that
is the Marine connection…..